Q&A: Is honey safe to use in lip balm? Will it work in an anhydrous (waterless) product?

In the monthly Q&A, Christi asked, Hi Susan- I’m a recent groupiey🤣. Been formulating for a year and I’m currently enrolled in multiple courses at Formula Botanica. I my question is about honey, primarily Manuka Honey and the huge honey debate about if it’s safe to use in lip balm. I have made balms with...

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Q&A: What can we do with EZ Colours?

In the monthly Q&A post, Liza asked, Has anyone used EZ Colours? If so, what can you do with it, other than add it to Versagel? (Link to Windy Point Soap Making Supplies where I, Swift, bought mine.) As a note, I know they’re called EZ Color without the “u” in colour, but my computer...

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What’s this in my stocking? A lip balm instructional handout? Thanks, advent calendar fairy!

The advent calendar fairy crept into my house last night and left this PDF for you, the handout for lip balms from my Handmade Christmas class I would normally teach at Voyageur Soap & Candle this time of year. Since the apocalypse has made it impossible to teach in person, I thought I’d share this...

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Simple esters: Creating lip balms with esters (part three) – testing the jars

So far in this series we created a formula for a lip balm in which we can try different simple, solid esters, colours, and flavours, and then we created that formula and tested the lip balm in tubes. Today, let’s see how they perform in jars! Reviewing the lip balm in jars!  These jars contain...

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Simple esters: Creating lip balms with esters (part two) – testing the tubes

If you want to catch up on this simple ester series, click here for the last post that has all the links to the previous parts!  Yesterday, we created a formula for a lip balm in which we can try different simple, solid esters, colours, and flavours. Today, let’s make that formula and see what...

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